Warren Defever, known for his dark experimental rock project, His Name Is Alive, is set to release a box set titled How Ghosts Affect Relationships: 1990-1993, in September. The collection will include his first three albums under the moniker, along with additional bonus material from that period.
The box set comprises the albums Livonia (1990), Home Is In Your Head (1991), and Mouth By Mouth (1993), which have been remastered by Defever himself using the original analog tapes at Third Man Mastering. The bonus content will feature live tracks, alternate versions, demos, and the 1992 EP The Dirt Eaters.
Accompanying the music is a 36-page book by Martin Aston, a renowned 4AD biographer, chronicling His Name Is Alive’s early years. The box set will also include replicas of the original promotional posters for each album and a signed print.
View the tracklist below and pre-order the set here.
TRACKLIST:
Livonia (2024 Remastered Edition)
01 “As We Could Ever”
02 “E Nicolle” (Introduction)
03 “If July” (2024 Remaster)
04 “Some And I”
05 “Fossil” (Verse)
06 “E Nicolle”
07 “Caroline’s Supposed Demon”
08 “Fossil”
09 “Reincarnation”
10 “You And I Have Seizures”
11 “How Ghosts Affect Relationships”
12 “Darkest Dreams”
13 “July” (Strings)
14 “Caroline” (Strings)
15 “Fossil” (Strings)
16 “Ghosts” (Strings)
17 “Livonia” (Ryko Version)
Home Is In Your Head (2024 Remastered Edition)
01 “Are You Comin’ Down This Weekend?”
02 “Her Eyes Were Huge Things”
03 “The Charmer”
04 “Hope Called In Sick”
05 “My Feathers Needed Cleaning”
06 “The Well”
07 “There’s Something Between Us And He’s Changing My Words”
08 “The Phoenix, A Pool Of Ice”
09 “Are We Still Married?”
10 “Put Your Finger In Your Eye”
11 “Home Is In Your Head”
12 “Why People Disappear”
13 “Here Eyes Are Huge”
14 “Save The Birds”
15 “Chances Are We Are Mad”
16 “Mescalina”
17 “Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Out”
18 “Very Bad A Bitter Hand”
19 “Beautiful And Pointless”
20 “Tempe”
21 “Spirit And Body”
22 “Love’s A Fish Eye”
23 “Dreams Are of the Body”
24 “Man on the Silver Mountain”
25 “Are We Still Married?”
26 “Is This the Way the Tigers Do?”
27 “We Hold the Land in Great Esteem”
28 “The Dirt Eaters” (Original Version)
29 “Tempe” (Rehearsal)
30 “Her Eyes Were Huge Things” (Live)
31 “Dreams Are of the Body” (Live)
32 “Man on the Silver Mountain” (Demo)
33 “Mass”
34 “Slow Train Crash”
Mouth By Mouth (2024 Remastered Edition)
01 “Baby Fish Mouth”
02 “Lip”
03 “Cornfield”
04 “In Every Ford”
05 “Lord, Make Me a Channel Of Your Peace”
06 “Drinks, Dress, and Ink”
07 “Where Knock Is Open Wide”
08 “Can’t Go Wrong Without You”
09 “Jack Rabbits”
10 “Sort Of”
11 “Sick”
12 “Blue Moon”
13 “Ear”
14 “Lemon Ocean”
15 “The Torso”
16 “The Dirt Eaters”
17 “The Homesick Waltz”
18 “Endless Things”
19 “My Moon’s in Your Yard” (Demo)
20 “Harmonic Song” (Demo)
21 “Roky” (Demo)
22 “My Dad” (Demo)
23 “Gospel” (Demo)
24 “London Lost” (Demo)
25 “Drink, Dress, Ink” (Demo)
26 “Baby Fish Mouth” (Demo)
How Ghosts Affect Relationships: 1990-1993 will be available on 9/27 via 4AD.
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